A Reader's Critique Of Debi Pearl's The Vision

Debi Pearl has already established herself as an author through the books on child training like To Train Up a Child that she has co-authored with Michael, her husband. More recently she wrote the smash hit book, Created to Be His Helpmeet, an ‘in your face’ attack on feminism’s anti-biblical philosophy of marriage and the home. Not afraid to confront controversial issues, Debi boldly proclaimed God’s design for married woman. As you can imagine, it has generated both heat and light.
 Now Debi has entered the area of fiction writing with her newest book, The Vision. The setting of the story is obviously taken from their own rural Tennessee location and centers on the distribution of her husband’s book Good and Evil. This is a chronological Bible in pictures, containing a clear Gospel message. This book is like a Bible story book, largely pictures, but with a clear Gospel message. Their goal is to print and distribute it in 100 languages and 25 are already nearly finished.
The Vision, though a novel, is bound to stir controversy as well. In the story, a plot by Muslim extremists to stop the Arabic translation of the storybook is learned. The man involved in this work was killed and his mentor, Asher, is determined to carry on the work. He moves to the area of eastern Tennessee where the book is printed.
Debi includes in her novel healthy herbal remedies and cures that she has learned over the years. In the story, a White Supremacist group plots to channel funds from a secret herbal brew that are used for book distribution, to their own causes.
A hint of future intrigue comes as Asher learns about a major fault line that runs through Yellowstone National Park. This threatens to virtually destroy the country with lava and ash if it gives way.
 The publishing center also becomes a haven for Magdalene, a woman who had ruined her life in sin but experiences Christian love from the community of ladies. The enemies move closer to their own goals as the Last Publishers continue with their vision, to reach Muslims with the Gospel through the illustrated book.
In her own summary, Debi concludes, “But at the most unexpected moment it seems that the terrorists win. Is it over? Is God in control?” Some conflicts are resolved but others are not, leaving you hungry for the next book in the series.
The Vision by Debi Pearl promises excitement, information, inspiration, and challenge. It may even be prophetic of what we will yet face in America.
Watch the Book Trailer from YouTube.